ÉCUME

FOAM

By Omar ELHAMY

LES FILMS RÔDEURS - as PROD

Thriller - Completed 2020

In the peak of summer, a carwash languishes. More than a job, the carwash has become a surrogate family to the small group of men. When Hakim returns to work after serving time, what was supposed to be a long awaited reunion between the workers quickly spirals into chaos.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale 2020
Official Competition Shorts
Vancouver International Film Festival 2020
Official Competition
FNC - Montréal 2020
Award : Best Canadian Short
Toronto - TIFF 2020
Canada Top 10
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2021
Award : Best Short Fiction
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2021
Curator's choice
Gala Québec Cinéma 2021
Award : Iris for Best Fiction Short
Festival International du Cinéma d'auteur de Rabat 2021
Award : Best short film
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Drama, Social issues
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • FRENCH-CANADIAN, ARABIC
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 28 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Omar ELHAMY
    • Writer(s)
    • Jonathan BEAULIEU-CYR, Omar ELHAMY, Paul CHOTEL
    • Producer(s)
    • Jonathan BEAULIEU-CYR (Les Films Rôdeurs), Paul CHOTEL (Les Films Rôdeurs)
    • Synopsis
    • In the peak of summer, a carwash languishes. More than a job, the carwash has become a surrogate family to the small group of men. When Hakim returns to work after serving time, what was supposed to be a long awaited reunion between the workers quickly spirals into chaos. The carwash is being sold to developers and will be turned into condos. Hakim is determined to convince the owners not to sell. As they travel from place to place in search of him, an unexpected psychological journey unravels.

      Short Statement by the director
      Écume uses the carwash as a microcosm for a spectrum of socio-political conditions. Depersonalized capitalism plays out in a complex set of relations in an increasingly abstract economy. Écume is about masculinity, friendship, and the fragility of life under colonial capitalism.